NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release 2008TTED0037-001325 Sept. 3, 2008	Ministry of Technology, Trade and Economic Development
UNIQUE MULTILINGUAL WEBSITE PROMOTES B.C.

VICTORIA – A newly redesigned provincial website will allow people anywhere in the world interested in investment, trade, immigration, education or travel in British Columbia to access the information they need from a single “landing pad,” Technology, Trade and Economic Development Minister Ida Chong announced today.

 

“B.C. is reaching out to the important markets of the Asia-Pacific region, as well as countries around the world,” said Chong. “This multilingual website, Canada’s Pacific Gateway, will help build British Columbia’s global identity, support investment and trade, and attract people to work and study in our province.”

 

Available at www.canadaspacificgateway.ca , the website marks the first time the Province has launched a multilingual Internet platform with information on British Columbia presented in five categories: invest/trade, live, work, study and visit.

 

Currently the site is accessible in both simplified and traditional Chinese, as well as French and English. By early 2009, it will also be available in Japanese, Korean, Punjabi, Hindi, Spanish and German.

 

Representing a successful collaboration between organizations and provincial government ministries, the Canada’s Pacific Gateway website implements recommendations made by the Asia Pacific Trade Council, the Premier’s Technology Council, and the B.C. Competition Council.

 

The Canada’s Pacific Gateway website supports the Province of British Columbia’s Asia Pacific Initiative and international marketing efforts.

 

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